Tignon

35 min 19 stops
English
The 1786 Tignon Law of Louisiana was enacted to oppress affluent women of African descent, to decrease their beauty and thereby diffuse their alure to white men. Under the administration of Governor Esteban Rodriguez Miro, women of African descent we...
read more

Tracks

Edict of Good Government

01:18 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Art of the Headwrap

01:33 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

No be ganado mi libertad sobre las espaldas

03:14 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Zwolle

00:29 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Rachel Pringle

01:57 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Jeanerette

00:33 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Eufronina Hisnard

03:34 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Alexandria

00:39 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Maria Juana

03:30 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Quachita

00:24 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

New Orleans

03:13 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Feliciana

00:29 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Cecilia Indian Libre

02:21 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Ponchatoula

00:41 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

San Luis La Nuit & Gota

04:03 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

LaFourche

00:29 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Louisan Chastang

04:06 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Natchitoches

00:30 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Lafayette

00:38 | online

AUDIO

AUDIO

Featured artworks

Edict of Good Government, July 2, 1784, Digest of the Acts and Deliverations of the Cabildo, Laws, Volume 1, Book 3, p. 105-112

No be ganado mi libertad sobre las espaldas

No be ganado mi libertad sobre las espaldas

Zwolle

Venue

Duluth Art Institute

Duluth

Closed